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Interactive computer graphics with the UNIX time-sharing system

1980; ACM SIGGRAPH; Volume: 13; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1145/988500.988508

1558-4569

Thomas E. Ferrin, Robert Langridge,

Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques

The UNIX† time-sharing system is a powerful and efficient multiuser operating system possessing many unique and attractive advantages. In order to fully support an interactive graphics facility, however, several minor extensions were made to provide the necessary high performance 'real-time' environment. These enhancements to the UNIX system are described together with the implementation details for the Picture System 2 Graphic Subroutine Package.